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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Criminal Division | Criminal Justice Council | Department of Justice Press Releases | Domestic Violence Coordinating Council | Family | News | Date Posted: Friday, October 3, 2014

WILMINGTON, Del.- The Domestic Violence Coordinating Council would like to remind everyone that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Last year in Delaware, 23,985 domestic violence incidents were reported to law enforcement, and Family Court issued 1,546 orders for Protection From Abuse. Governor Markell will declare October 2014 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month for the […]




Biden’s office secures 10-year prison sentence for Newark child predator, announces arrest of Millsboro man for dealing in child pornography

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 26, 2014

Attorney General Beau Biden’s office announced today that a Newark man arrested by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force last December following a proactive undercover online investigation into the distribution of child pornography received a ten-year prison sentence this morning.




Dover man receives thirty year prison sentence for 2012 shooting death

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2014

The Delaware Attorney General’s office announced that on September 24, 20 year-old Joshua Cathell received a 30-year prison sentence for the October, 2012 shooting death of 40 year-old Isidro Hernandez inside the home Cathell shared with the victim in Dover’s Oak Grove Estates Mobile Home Community.




Biden’s office brings hate crime, other more serious charges against three juveniles for assault of a Newark-area man

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Family | Date Posted: Monday, September 22, 2014

Prosecutors today filed additional, more serious charges against three juveniles recently charged with the assault of a 26 year-old Newark-area man who suffers from a neurodevelopmental disorder. The three juveniles were initially arrested by New Castle County Police earlier this month after videos appeared on social media websites documenting their alleged assault of the victim.




Biden’s office secures murder indictments for Paladin Club shooting deaths

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, September 15, 2014

Two New Castle County men – 31 year-old Christopher Rivers and 23 year-old Dominique Benson – who were arrested earlier this month for the September, 2013 shooting deaths of a couple at the Paladin Club apartments have been indicted by the New Castle County Grand Jury, Attorney General Beau Biden announced today.







  Category: Criminal Division

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Criminal Division | Criminal Justice Council | Department of Justice Press Releases | Domestic Violence Coordinating Council | Family | News | Date Posted: Friday, October 3, 2014

WILMINGTON, Del.- The Domestic Violence Coordinating Council would like to remind everyone that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Last year in Delaware, 23,985 domestic violence incidents were reported to law enforcement, and Family Court issued 1,546 orders for Protection From Abuse. Governor Markell will declare October 2014 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month for the […]




Biden’s office secures 10-year prison sentence for Newark child predator, announces arrest of Millsboro man for dealing in child pornography

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 26, 2014

Attorney General Beau Biden’s office announced today that a Newark man arrested by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force last December following a proactive undercover online investigation into the distribution of child pornography received a ten-year prison sentence this morning.




Dover man receives thirty year prison sentence for 2012 shooting death

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2014

The Delaware Attorney General’s office announced that on September 24, 20 year-old Joshua Cathell received a 30-year prison sentence for the October, 2012 shooting death of 40 year-old Isidro Hernandez inside the home Cathell shared with the victim in Dover’s Oak Grove Estates Mobile Home Community.




Biden’s office brings hate crime, other more serious charges against three juveniles for assault of a Newark-area man

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Family | Date Posted: Monday, September 22, 2014

Prosecutors today filed additional, more serious charges against three juveniles recently charged with the assault of a 26 year-old Newark-area man who suffers from a neurodevelopmental disorder. The three juveniles were initially arrested by New Castle County Police earlier this month after videos appeared on social media websites documenting their alleged assault of the victim.




Biden’s office secures murder indictments for Paladin Club shooting deaths

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, September 15, 2014

Two New Castle County men – 31 year-old Christopher Rivers and 23 year-old Dominique Benson – who were arrested earlier this month for the September, 2013 shooting deaths of a couple at the Paladin Club apartments have been indicted by the New Castle County Grand Jury, Attorney General Beau Biden announced today.